Tazawa - 4 sen scarlet

Old (large) die: image 19 x 22.5 mm. SG define the perforation of this stamp as Line 11. Variants exist with perforations of Line 11.5-12, comb 12 x 12.5 and comb 13 x 13.5.
In 1914 a watermar.. Read more »k was included in the Tazawa stamps to prevent copying. The new versions of the stamps are commonly called the 'Taisho watermark stamps.'

Country:	Japan
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Tazawa (1914-25) - Old die
Nominal:	4 Japanese sen
Year:	1914
Material:	Granite Paper
Size:	21 x 26 mm
Perforation:	Various